Working with Mr. Wright: What It Was Like - Softcover

Besinger, Curtis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 052158714X ISBN 13: 9780521587143

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1997

Synopsis

Working with Mr Wright. is a personal recollection by one of Frank Lloyd Wright's former apprentices of his years at the Taliesin Fellowship. Curtis Besinger provides a lively account of daily life in this community of architects established by Wright in Wisconsin and Arizona. An apprenticeship with the Fellowship entailed architectural tasks, such as drafting, designing, and overseeing projects, including the actual building of Taliesin West; as well as humbler assignments - from milking the cows to harvesting wheat - related to maintaining the farm that surrounds the Fellowship in Wisconsin. The social life of the Fellowship, filled with music and film, and planned in detail by Wright himself, is also recounted with wit and humor. Through these engaging recollections, illustrated with photographs, plans, and drawings made during Besinger's years at the Fellowship, Wright's eccentric personality, his working practices, and his unique creative vision emerge, along with a host of personalities who contributed to the unique Taliesin experience.

About this title

Book Description:

Working with Mr. Wright is a personal recollection by one of Frank Lloyd Wright's former apprentices of his years at the Taliesin Fellowship. Curtis Besinger provides a lively account of daily life in this community of architects established by Wright in Wisconsin and Arizona. The social life of the Fellowship, planned in detail by Wright himself, is recounted with wit and humour.

Review:

"Other students have written memoirs about working with Wright, but none is more detailed in documenting daily life. Amply illustrated, it is an invaluable account...." Ballast Quarterly Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 052158714X
• ISBN 13: 9780521587143
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 335